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Sidney Crosby and Pens get a break, but Bruins get last laugh
November 24, 2017
Sidney Crosby has scored 389 goals in his 10-year NHL career. None more unique than the tying goal during the second period of NBC’s Black Friday contest featuring the two-time defending Cup champion Pittsburgh Penguins and Boston Bruins. It was a goal that shouldn’t have counted. The goal in question came at the 17:44 mark […]
Read More »Game Day Preview: Bruins vs. Penguins
Now the games start to get interesting. As they enter their post-Thanksgiving stretch, the Boston Bruins still sit on the outside looking in of a playoff spot – much like they did last year. The good news for the Black and Gold? They have a few games in hand on the rest of the Eastern […]
Read More »What we learned: Khudobin, McAvoy shine in shootout win over Devils
November 22, 2017
Entering last week’s three-game swing through California, the Boston Bruins remained the lone National Hockey league team without back-to-back wins. After impressive victories in Los Angeles over the Kings and San Jose over the Sharks, the Bruins changed that not so pretty stat. Watching closely as to how they would carry the momentum gained on […]
Read More »Game Day Preview: Bruins at Devils
Bruce Cassidy is, indeed, riding the hot hand. After pondering over this decision over the last few days, Cassidy decided to go back to Anton Khudobin for the third straight time. The league-leader in save percentage (.935) and the rest of the Boston Bruins go up against the Metropolitan Division-leading New Jersey Devils in their […]
Read More »Austin Czarnik aiming to step off roller coaster ride
For Bruins prospect Austin Czarnik, it has been, in every sense of the phrase, a very up-and-down year. To put Czarnik’s year in perspective: he battled an illness that shelved him to start the season, was recalled and optioned a combined three times and is a minus-three with just one assist in six games with […]
Read More »That elephant in the room
November 21, 2017
The elephant is back – for the fourth straight season in the Hub of Hockey. “We’re aware of the stats and the data, but it can’t run the show,” Bruce Cassidy said last week as the Bruins were about to depart on their most important road trip of the season. Those stats and that data […]
Read More »After healthy scratch, Jake DeBrusk gets back into a rhythm
November 19, 2017
SAN JOSE, Calif. — To state the obvious, healthy scratches don’t sit well with hockey players. There are two ways a player can go about it. One is feeling sorry for yourself and having it affect you on the ice and in your head. The other is to learn a thing or two while watching […]
Read More »Bruins-Blackhawks confirmed for 2019 Winter Classic
November 18, 2017
SAN JOSE, Calif. — “Well, I’ve seen the movie Rudy.” That is the extent of Patrice Bergeron’s knowledge of the University of Notre Dame, the site of the 2019 NHL Winter Classic between the Boston Bruins and Chicago Blackhawks. “I don’t know all that much about it,” Bergeron added about Notre Dame, “but I know […]
Read More »Starting Anton Khudobin the obvious call vs. Sharks
SAN JOSE, Calif. — Ah yes, the goaltender controversy in Boston continues. This time there’s some legitimacy to that; albeit a minor controversy. As Bruce Cassidy confirmed yesterday, Anton Khudobin will get his second straight start between the pipes as the Bruins close out their three-game swing through California in San Jose. Not only did […]
Read More »Bruins get much needed dynamic with healthy Bergeron and Krejci
November 17, 2017
LOS ANGELES — In a bit of good news prior to the Bruins’ 2-1 win over the Los Angeles Kings, head coach Bruce Cassidy confirmed David Krejci was good to go in their second half of their So. Cal back-to-back. As usual, Krejci had to shake off some rust after a 10-game absence due to […]
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